NevadaAB19283rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

AN ACT relating to real property; enacting the Uniform Easement Relocation Act; enacting the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Shea M. Backus (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

BDR 10-971

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Mortgage changes keep loan priority

Beginning October 1, 2025, Nevada uses a uniform rule for common mortgage changes. For the listed changes, the mortgage still secures the changed loan and keeps its recording priority, even if the change is not recorded. The change is not a novation. Covered changes include a longer maturity, a lower rate, allowed index or fixed/adjustable switches, capitalizing unpaid interest, principal or interest forgiveness or forbearance, and escrow or insurance changes. It does not cover adding or removing property or borrowers, or mortgage transfers. Electronic records and signatures follow state limits and do not allow some federal notices to be sent electronically.

How to relocate an easement

Beginning October 1, 2025, to move an easement you must file a court case and notify listed owners, lenders, and tenants. If the court approves, the order states the old and new routes, required fixes, and that you pay reasonable relocation costs. You must record the order and any map amendment before acting. You pay costs like construction, removals, permits, title work, insurance, experts, attorneys, and any added maintenance. If construction is required, the holder may keep using the old route until work is mostly done and you record and mail an affidavit. All parties must act in good faith, and electronic records are allowed only within federal limits.

New rules to move easements

Beginning October 1, 2025, owners of land burdened by many private easements can ask a court to move them. Public-utility, public-entity, conservation, negative, public-road, and easements created under chapter 116 of state law are excluded. A move is allowed only if it does not materially cut the easement’s utility, add burden, harm safety, reduce the dominant property’s value, or hurt a lender’s collateral, and any disruption is substantially reduced. A contract cannot take away this right. A relocation under this law is not treated as a new sale, a breach by itself, or a change in recording priority.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Shea M. Backus

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 57 • No: 6

Senate vote 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 15 • No: 6

House vote 4/22/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 112.

    5/29/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/29/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/27/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    5/26/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly.

    5/23/2025Senate
  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/22/2025Senate
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/21/2025Senate
  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/20/2025Senate
  9. Read second time.

    5/19/2025Senate
  10. From committee: Do pass.

    5/16/2025Senate
  11. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

    4/28/2025Senate
  12. In Senate.

    4/28/2025Senate
  13. To Senate.

    4/25/2025House
  14. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/25/2025House
  15. To printer.

    4/22/2025House
  16. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)

    4/22/2025House
  17. Dispensed with reprinting.

    4/21/2025House
  18. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 134.)

    4/21/2025House
  19. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/21/2025House
  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/21/2025House
  21. From printer. To committee.

    2/5/2025House
  22. To printer.

    2/4/2025House
  23. Read first time.

    2/4/2025House
  24. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

    2/3/2025House
  25. Prefiled.

    2/3/2025House

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